Also known as FGS Station 1/963
Where: Leon County, Florida (30.4° N, 84.6° W: paleocoordinates 30.5° N, 84.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Jackson Bluff Formation (Alum Bluff Group), Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• Highest fossiliferous upper Miocene bed. Cancellaria Zone of Choctawhatchee Formation, Alum Bluff Group. The Cancellaria zone is in the highest fossiliferous beds along Harveys Creel. The total thickness of this zone is 25-30 ft. Late Miocene age based on recent lithostratigraphy. Local section name = Jackson, Basinal/regional section name = Leon. Cancellaria Zone of Choctawhatchee Formation, Alum Bluff Group. Placed in Jackson Bluff Fm (and hence Late Pliocene) by enterer.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, fine-grained, coarse, shelly/skeletal, argillaceous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USNM
• Specimens are lodged in USNM collections. Collected by T.W. Vaughan (1900) and W.C. Mansfield (1925)
Primary reference: W. C. Mansfield. 1930. Miocene gastropods and scaphopods of the Choctawatchee Formation of Florida. Florida State Geological Survey Bulletin 3 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 59485: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 03.04.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Scaphopoda | |
"Dentalium (? Dentalium) disparile" = Paradentalium disparile
"Dentalium (? Dentalium) disparile" = Paradentalium disparile d'Orbigny 1847 tusk shell Subspecies: D. (D.) disparile leonense
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Cadulus thallus, "Cadulus (aff. Polyschides) quadridentatus" = Polyschides
Cadulus thallus Conrad 1834 tusk shell
"Cadulus (aff. Polyschides) quadridentatus" = Polyschides tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Acteon vaughani snail | |
Cylichnella jacksonensis snail
Acteocina canaliculata Say 1826 barrel-bubble | |
Turritella etiwanensis turret shell | |
"Alabina adamsi" = Finella adamsi
"Alabina adamsi" = Finella adamsi Dall 1889 snail Subspecies: Alabina adamsi floridana and leonensis
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Crucibulum multilineatum Conrad 1842 slipper shell
Calyptraea centralis Conrad 1841 slipper shell | |
"Polinices (Neverita) duplicatus" = Neverita duplicatus, Polinices (Dallitesta) coensis, "Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena, Tectonatica pusilla
"Polinices (Neverita) duplicatus" = Neverita duplicatus Say 1822 moon snail
Polinices (Dallitesta) coensis Mansfield 1930 moon snail
"Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
Tectonatica pusilla Say 1822 moon snail | |
"Alectrion floridana" = Nassarius (Alectrion), "Alectrion quadridentata" = Nassarius (Alectrion), "Alectrion consensa" = Nassarius (Alectrion)
"Alectrion floridana" = Nassarius (Alectrion) snail
"Alectrion quadridentata" = Nassarius (Alectrion) snail | |
Cancellaria tabulata Gardner and Aldrich 1919 snail | |
Cymatosyrinx lunata Lea 1833 snail | |
"Mangilia harveyensis" = Cythara (Mangelia)
"Mangilia harveyensis" = Cythara (Mangelia) snail | |
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"Conus floridanus" = Conus anabathrum, "Conus adversarius" = Conus (Contraconus) adversarius
"Conus floridanus" = Conus anabathrum Crosse 1865 cone shell
"Conus adversarius" = Conus (Contraconus) adversarius Conrad 1840 cone shell | |
Olivella mutica, "Oliva sayana" = Oliva (Ispidula) sayana
Olivella mutica Say 1822 olive snail
"Oliva sayana" = Oliva (Ispidula) sayana Ravenel 1834 olive snail | |
"Marginella aureocincta" = Dentimargo aureocinctus, Marginella minuta
"Marginella aureocincta" = Dentimargo aureocinctus Stearns 1872 margin shell
Marginella minuta Pfeiffer 1840 margin shell | |
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Bivalvia | |
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima1
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"Arca (Noetia) incile" = Noetia incile1
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"Arca (Anadara) improcera" = Anadara1, "Arca (Anadara) propearesta" = Anadara1, "Arca (Anadara) idonea" = Dallarca idonea1
"Arca (Anadara) idonea" = Dallarca idonea1 Conrad 1832 clam Subspecies: Arca (Anadara) idonea harveyensis
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"Cardium (Trigoniocardia) deadenense" = Trigoniocardia1, Protocardia jacksonense1, Trachycardium (Phlogocardia) leonense2
Trachycardium (Phlogocardia) leonense2 Mansfield 1932 cockle Subspecies: Cardium (Trachycardium) stiriatum leonense
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"Macoma virginiana" = Macoma (Macoma) virginiana1
"Macoma virginiana" = Macoma (Macoma) virginiana1 Conrad 1866 tellin clam Subspecies: M. virginiana coensis
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"Echinochama arcinella" = Arcinella arcinella1
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"Chione (Lirophora) sp." = Lirophora1, Chione (Chione) erosa1, "Venus campechiensis" = Mercenaria campechiensis1, "Callocardia (Agriopoma) sayana" = Pitar morrhuanus1, Cyclinella cf. tenuis1, Transennella ? caloosana1
"Venus campechiensis" = Mercenaria campechiensis1 Gmelin 1791 quahog Subspecies: V. campechiensis ochlockoneensis
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"Corbula (Corbula) waltonensis" = Varicorbula disparilis1 d'Orbigny 1853 clam Subspecies: C. (C.) waltonensis rubisiniana
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"Phacoides (Parvilucina) crenulatus" = Parvilucina crenulata1, "Phacoides (Parvilucina) multilineatus" = Parvilucina multistriata1, "Lucina chrysostoma" = Anodontia alba1, "Phacoides (Lucinisca) cribrarius" = Lucinisca cribrarius1, Phacoides (Bellucina) tuomeyi1
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"Crassatellites (Crassatellites) gibbesii" = Eucrassatella (Eucrassatella) speciosa1, Crassinella acuta1, Crassinella dupliniana1
"Crassatellites (Crassatellites) gibbesii" = Eucrassatella (Eucrassatella) speciosa1 Adams 1854 clam |